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I am growing courgettes for the first time and ive got a variety called black beauty. Am i right in thinking that they grow up a cane like tomatoes or do they branch out more like a rhubarb plant?
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I grew this variety last year and allowed them to sprawl. They stay fairly compact and do not need supporting on canes. Just give them plenty of room - about a square metre each. -
Thanks. I have supported my one shoot so far with a cane because he started to fall over
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courgettes need a bit of earthing up to stop them wind-rockingAll gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.Comment
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ok. will try and do that tomorrow if it stops raining for a second or two.The best fertilizer is the gardener's shadow.Comment
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how many courgettes do you usually get from one plant?The best fertilizer is the gardener's shadow.Comment
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as many as you can pickAll gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.Comment
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oh, lol see at first when i very first saw the seeds i thought one seed = 1 courgette. i still have alot to learn about growing veg i think.
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If you get a good summer and a good plant, it can be 1 every day.
Which is why we get gluts, as people sow all 6 or 10 seeds in the packet and end up with 6 or 10 courgettes every day....and is also why we make soup with them
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and why we need big freezers
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Now a little Shrinking Violet.
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ooooo courgette soup sounds interesting. hmmm i think its a good job i only have two maybe 3. not sure if the 3rd one is going to survive but i think i can afford to let it go by the sound of things
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Can you grow courgette in a pot? or do they have to go in the ground?Comment
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Mine are in a grow bag outside and seem to be doing ok.
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You can grow no problems in a pot but the yield tends to be slightly lower than in the ground - still a good crop though
Re the Black Beauty, grew one a couple of years ago (thankfully from a seed swap) and think they're a rip off. They're no different from any other type of non compact courgette and just sprawl a bit, you can train them up but no more than loads of other (cheaper) varieties and considering you get so few in the packet then it makes them comparatively expensive (although still much cheaper than buying in the (not)supermaket). Nice dark green fruits though which all got eaten.
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black beauty
If you grow them in a bag and they need space to spread, how many can you grow in one bag - I have been given 2 plants and have nowhere to grow them?
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